Simply Expressing Gratitude Will Help You Build an Empire

Focusing on kindness, not consumption, this Christmas

Amid the Christmas crazy, how can parents teach kids what really matters this festive season? Lea shares her top five tips for teaching kids to focus on kindness, not consumption. Read it in The University of Melbourne's Pursuit Magazine.

From strength to strength

Kate Barber talks with Lea about the power of ‘strength-based parenting’ to provide our kids with two vital tools: optimism about the future and resilience when thrown a curve ball. Read the article in Family Times.

Visible Wellbeing: a critical resource for leadership and learning in schools

5 Ways to Play to Your Child's Strengths

An article featuring The Strength Switch and Lea's research in Parents magazine.

Why Don't Australian School Kids Feel a Sense of Belonging?

Respectful and valued relationships with teachers and the wider community are key to helping more students feel greater connection to their school, leading to far-reaching positive effects. An article co-authored by Lea in Pursuit.

The week two wobbles: kids are feeling lonely at school, and it's getting worse

It’s the Pisa result nobody’s talking about – Australian students are increasingly feeling isolated in their school communities. An article by Lea in The Guardian.

Children are more likely to use their strengths to effectively cope with minor stress in their life if they have parents who adopt a strength-based approach to parenting. Click here to learn more.

Why we should teach meditation in Schools

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Lea's article in The Conversation on why we should teach meditation in schools went viral and was downloaded over 16,000 times in 6 weeks all over the world. Read her article clinking this link.

Beware of false happiness in the workplace

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Companies like Google and Facebook have transformed the way we look at the modern workplace – but Neil McMahon, The Sydney Morning Herald, speaks to Lea and others to find that the key to tapping into the "happiness" revolution is about much more than bean-bags and a games room. Click Link to read

Getting the Happiness Formula right in class

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Lea writes for The Conversation about the benefits of positive emotions to well-being and learning in school. Click here to read

Can we build better children?

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In the past few years, there has been an exponential growth in social and emotional learning in Australian schools. Jill Stark from The Age interviews Lea on Emotional Intelligence skills in schools. Click here to read.

The time of their life?

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Can positive psychology help students during their transition from high school to university? Professor Johanna Wyn and Professor Lea Waters are interviewed on the challenges and opportunities in Tertiary studies in The Voice Click here to read

Positive Tools for a
lifetime

Teaching mental strength and resilience to teenagers can set them up for a happier and more succesful life. Reported Margie Sheedy from the Sydney Morning Herald talks to Lea. Click here to read